Christine Devaney

Artistic Director

Contact: christine@curious-seed.co.uk

Born in Glasgow, Christine trained at London Contemporary Dance School and has been performing,

choreographing and teaching throughout her extensive career, which started with Dundee Rep Dance Company (Scottish Dance Theatre). She performed and was Associate Director with V-tol Dance Company for 9 years.  Her work spans across dance and theatre. Companies she has worked with include Plan B, Quarantine, Frantic Assembly, Yolande Snaith Theatre Dance, TAG, The Unicorn, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company, and Lung Ha Theatre Company. Her work for The National Theatre of Scotland includes movement direction on their production of Macbeth (2012, Broadway run 2013), The Wheel (2011), and co-directing the award-winning Venus as a Boy (2007). Christine was an associate artist with Imaginate 2011-2013 and in 2014 was the recipient of a Creative Scotland Artists' Bursary.  Christine is committed to contributing to the development of the dance community across Scotland.

Leigh Robieson-Cleaver & Vicky Rutherford-O’Leary

Producer (job share)

Contact: leigh@curious-seed.co.uk or vicky@curious-seed.co.uk

Between them, Vicky and Leigh have over 30 years’ experience of working with a range of dance artists and companies supporting their artistic and strategic development across all areas of activity, incorporating a deep understanding of the producing relationship, which can help artists to thrive and achieve their vision and ambitions. Their work spans producing and touring dance at home and abroad, financial management, company management, building teams, developing strategic partnerships and artist development.

Kae Sakurai

Freelance Bookkeeper

Kae is a qualified bookkeeper as well as a performing artist. Kae understands the bookkeeping needs of artists and arts organisations. She set up Arts and Accounts in 2019 after 11 years as Finance Officer with Scottish Ballet and has a wide experience of finance in the arts, bringing her experience to help us to manage our financial systems.